Sorry Snow.....I just can't do a long reply right now, but......

Welcome to NT ! Sorry that you have cause to seek us out, but glad you found us !

I think starting with Neurontin or Lyrica and PT are definitely steps one and two (although not necessarily in that order). Gentle water PT and PT to desensitize should be the choices, but too many of us end up making things worse by overly aggressive PT

Beyond that, it seems to depend on how knowledgable your doc is and how reasonable your insurance is.

WC is not so reasonable, so I'm stalled on the treatment steps